Order entered March 25, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-01629-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF I.C.G., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 301st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-07-00258-T
ORDER
By order dated March 10, 2015 the Court stayed the portion of the trial court’s December
9, 2014 judgment that requires Cashunda Nicholson, the mother of the child who is the subject of
this case, “to initiate a case with the office of the Attorney General for the child the subject of
this suit and Mr. Elliot Hawkins (the biological father).” The Court further ordered that to the
extent such a case had been initiated Cashunda Nicholson must advise the Court within ten (10)
days of the date of our order of the cause number and style of the case.
The Court has been advised that the Attorney General, representing the State of Texas,
has filed a proceeding in the 301st Judicial District Court to establish the parent child
relationship between ICG, the child who is the subject of this suit, and Elliott James Hawkins, in
which the Attorney General alleges, “[n]o presumption of paternity exists unless specifically
alleged herein” and does not refer to the issues that arose in the case from which the instant
appeal arose concerning the claim of paternity by Cyrus Gates. That case has been assigned
cause number DF-03-02689-T. To protect the subject matter of this appeal, we ORDER all
proceedings in cause number DF-03-02689-T with regard to the parentage of ICG stayed
pending further order of the Court.
The Court requests that the Attorney General file an amicus curiae brief in the instant
appeal within 30 days of the date of this order.
/s/ CAROLYN WRIGHT
CHIEF JUSTICE